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Special Proteins Transmit Signals Within Cells
Innovative laboratory technique reveals how messages influence cellular careers. Special proteins play a key role in receiving and sending messages that influence the careers of healthy and diseased cells. In an innovative laboratory approach, Rockefeller University scientists developed probes th...
Flu Vaccines, Cell Growth, DNA and Psoriasis: A Day of Virology and Cell Biology
What: Flu Vaccines, Cell Growth, DNA and Psoriasis: A Day of Virology and Cell Biology Who: Experts from around the world When: Thursday, Nov. 30, 9:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Caspary Auditorium at ÐÓ°É 1230 York Ave., New York City What kind of flu vaccine does a better job t...
Circadian Rhythm Set by Pairing of Two Proteins
The molecular control of the daily cycle known as circadian rhythm lies in the pairing of two proteins, scientists report in a trio of papers in the Nov. 3ÌýScience. The findings, from fruit fly studies, promise to help scientists better understand human, animal and plant circadian rhythms, which ...
Leptin Helps Body Regulate Fat, Links to Diet
Leptin, a protein produced by fat, appears to play an important role in how the body manages its supply of fat, report scientists in the November Nature Medicine. Leptin, a protein produced by fat, appears to play an important role in how the body manages its supply of fat, report scientists in t...
Japanese Government Honors Rockefeller University Professor for Cancer Research
The Japanese government will present Japan's Order of Culture to cancer researcher Hidesaburo Hanafusa, Ph.D., Leon Hess Professor at ÐÓ°É, in a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Friday, Nov. 3. Hanafusa is the only scientist of the five native Japanese receiving t...
Lecture: How Many People Can the Earth Support?
What:ÌýLecture onÌýHow Many People Can the Earth Support? Who: Joel E. Cohen, M.P.H., Ph.D., Dr.P.H., professor and director of theÌýLaboratory of PopulationsÌýat ÐÓ°É When: Friday, Oct. 27, at 3:45 p.m. Where: Caspary Auditorium at ÐÓ°É 1230 York Ave., N...
Neuroscientist A. James Hudspeth Joins Rockefeller Faculty
An expert in the neurobiology and biophysics of hearing, A. James Hudspeth, Ph.D., M.D., joins the faculty at ÐÓ°É as the F.M. Kirby Professor. The chair is made possible by a gift of $2 million from the F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc., which supports health, educational, cultur...
Fat, Body Weight Regulated by Newly Discovered Hormone
Body Weight Regulated by Newly Discovered Hormone A protein, identified in mice and humans, reduced body weight in mice by 30 percent after two weeks of treatment, report scientists in the July 28ÌýScience. The findings have important implications for understanding the causes of obesity, which aff...
Insulin Plays Role in Controlling Fat Craving
Insulin, the hormone needed by the body to process sugar, appears to influence a brain chemical that mediates cravings for fatty foods, according to ongoing studies by Sarah F. Leibowitz, Ph. D., a neurobiologist at ÐÓ°É. Leibowitz plans to present her recent investigations ...
David Rockefeller Honored, 20 Doctorates Awarded at Rockefeller University Graduation
ÐÓ°É will dedicate its 37th commencement exercises, Thursday, June 15, 1995, to David Rockefeller for his extraordinary 55 years of service on the institution's board of trustees, from which he is retiring. At graduation 20 students from eight countries will receive doctoral...
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